16-Nov-2010 By Joe Lutrario
Claude Bosi, chef patron at two-Michelin star Mayfair restaurant Hibiscus, is to take on an Enterprise pub-with-rooms with brother Cedrick. The Fox...
29-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Home counties pub company Miller's Collection has appointed an executive chef to oversee the food offer at its three pubs. Kevin Chandler, currently...
08-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
Heston Blumenthal's Hinds Head in Bray-on-Thames, Berkshire, has been named as Pub of the Year in the new Michelin Eating Out in Pubs guide.
13-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Michelin-starred Star at Harome, North Yorkshire is hosting five guest chef nights featuring Michelin-starred chefs from 14 October. Chef/owner...
11-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Devon chef has been crowned South West Chef of the Year 2010 in a competition organised by food group Taste of the West. Three finalists competed...
30-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Caledonian Club in London's head chef has been crowned champion of the League of Club Chefs annual competition. Paul Hodson won the final...
29-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce
Bay Restaurant Group plans to run another chef school following the success of its inaugural course. Chefs from the company's newly launched Bay...
08-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Four pub chefs have been crowned winners in EBLEX's Taste of England Challenge. Dishes entered had to be traditionally British and use cuts of beef...
11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge cooked at a banquet for HRH the Prince of Wales after winning the main meal round of BBC Two's Great British...
23-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
TV chef Simon Rimmer has teamed up with Stockport brewer Robinson's to take on the region's best chefs in the Great Northern Cook Off. The brewer is...
09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Award winning chef Andrew Green has been named the new chairman of the Craft Guild of Chefs following a unanimous members' vote. The Sodexo general...
09-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Paul Bloxham is to open a second gastropub — the Blue Anchor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
03-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The head chef of a Cardiff pub has been crowned 2010's Face of British Pie Week, in association with Jus-Rol Professional. Adam Pavey won the prize...
Academy trains pub chefs and managers of tomorrow
15-Feb-2010
Nestle Professional is backing the launch of a new academy aimed at helping budding pub, restaurant and hotel managers to train in a fully operating...
18-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gordon Ramsay's pub the Narrow in Limehouse, London, has lost its Michelin Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide 2010.
15-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
Three pubs have been awarded the prestigious Michelin star in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2010. This brings the total of pubs...
Great food - no chef required
25-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
If you simply looked at the facts surrounding the Royal Oak and its food trade you would think that licensee Myles Ball was either an extraordinary...
Chef competitions: Can you rise to the challenge?
05-Oct-2009
Modesty is not an attribute normally associated with publicans, but too many pub kitchens are keeping the talent that lurks within a secret. That's...
11-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An East Midlands pub chef will challenge TV's Hairy Bikers to see who can produce the best local dish when they visit his pub. The Red Lion at...
Chefs fight it out for Shepherd's Pie crown
01-Sep-2009
The winner of the Major Shepherd's Pie Challenge has been named. David Woods, executive chef at the Sofitel London hotel, Gatwick, saw off the...
Royal Oak chef wins Craft Guild award
02-Jun-2009
Dominic Chapman, head chef at the Royal Oak in Maidenhead, has been named Pub Chef of the Year.The accolade was announced at the Craft Guild of Chefs...
Pub chef claims Yorkshire pudding record
06-Apr-2009
Award-winning publican and chef Paul Clerehugh is claiming the world record for Britain's tallest Yorkshire pudding. Paul, lessee at the Crooked...
McMullens' chef wins pie competition
06-Mar-2009
With steak and ale pie one of the most popular dishes on pub menus, a McMullens chef has won a competition to have his recipe used across the family...
Final chance to enter 'Chef's Oscars'
26-Feb-2009 By Claire Elliott
It's the last chance to nominate a deserving pub chef for this year's Pub Restaurant Chef of the Year. The closing date for entries for the Craft...
Barman cooks up trouble after leaving £1k in oven
25-Feb-2009
A barman came under fire from staff and customers after he accidentally burnt £1,000 in the oven.Martin Talbot, licensee of the Jolly Farmer in...
Pub chef wins Tatler Restaurant Award
22-Jan-2009 By Claire Elliott
The award for best young chef at the 2009 Tatler Louis Roederer Restaurant Awards has gone to a pub chef. Dominic Chapman, of the Royal Oak in Paley...
Fuller's City chefs dish it out
27-Nov-2008
Chefs from some of London brewer Fuller's flagship pubs have been put through their paces with a contest to develop a signature dish.More than 25...
Pub chef crowned British Turkey Chef of the Year
26-Sep-2008 By PubChef
Pub chef James Rogers has been crowned British Turkey Chef of the Year. James, from the Grundisburgh Dog in Grundisburgh, Suffolk, fended off...
03-Sep-2008 By Jo Bruce
The Punch Bowl Inn, at Crosthwaite, Cumbria, has been named Michelin Pub of the Year 2009. The pub is owned by Paul Spencer, who also owns the...
Sweet success for St Austell pub chef
19-Jun-2008
Six chefs from across the St Austell Brewery estate have battled it out in a contest to find Cornwall's best pub pud. The brewery's dessert...
When two chefs go to war
01-Jun-2008
Lucy Britner reports on PubChef's latest ready, steady, cook battle Doing battle with your boss in a cooking competition is no walk in the park —...
13-May-2008 By Jo Bruce
PubChef editor Jo Bruce speaks to David Hancock, editor of Alistair Sawday's Pubs and Inns guide. JB: Do you think many customers are not prepared to...
Money well spent
23-Apr-2008
"Our ambition is to be as socially responsible as possible, with the intention of drastically reducing our carbon footprint and eventually becoming...
What's cooking at Pub Business?
01-Apr-2008
The Morning Advertiser's Pub Business show is full of food ideas for licensees. PubChef's beer and food matching sessions with Food & Beer...
Pub powered from waste cooking oil
20-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
An enterprising licensee has seen energy bills tumble after using waste cooking oil to generate electricity. Matt Solcombe is using a bio-diesel...
Food Excellence Awards pubchef of the year 2008
01-Mar-2008
Ross Williams Head chef/owner, the Wellington A former London PR director turned pub owner and self-taught chef has been crowned PubChef of the Year...
Equipment focus: Aids for busy chefs
15-Feb-2008
Faster pizzaPizza dough was originally cooked outdoors on hot flat stones - hence the development of stone ovens. Times have changed and it's now...
04-Feb-2008 By Lucy Britner
A pub chef has reached the semi-finals of the Knorr National Chef of the Year 2008 competition. James Rogers, chef/licensee at the Grundisburgh Dog...
01-Feb-2008
The Licensed Victuallers School in Ascot recently hosted the East Berkshire heat of the Rotary's Young Chef Competition. Budding chefs, aged 11-17,...
Top chefs praise pub grub
29-Jan-2008
Pubs are driving a revival of interest in fresh, local food, according to two of Britain's best known chefs.Michel Roux Jr and Anton Edelman told...
23-Jan-2008
The Sportsman in Seasalter and the Goose in Britwell Salome rewarded
23-Jan-2008 By Lucy Britner
Michelin star is "stamp of approval" for team's hard work at the Goose in Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire
Sky's the limit for new Chef & Brewer menu
07-Nov-2007 By Lucy Britner
Chef & Brewer is to launch a new menu by releasing balloons with free meal tags attached.
KNORR chef challenge is on
09-Oct-2007 By Sheila McWattie
The search is hotting up for the KNORR National Chef of the Year 2008. Do you have what it takes to join the ranks of Eyck Zimmer and Gordon Ramsay...
Something fishy at Chef & Brewer?
01-Oct-2007
Spirit Group is angling for success with an expanded range of fresh fish dishes in its 140 Chef & Brewer pubs.The pubs will be encouraged to...
PubChef's round-up of what the critics have penned about pub food
01-Sep-2007
The Rosendale, Dulwich, London 0208 670 0812 www.therosendale.co.uk Fay Maschler, Evening Standard, 25 July 07 The eel is good but served in a...
Last chance to enter Hardys Chef of the Year competition
30-Aug-2007
Don't miss your last chance to enter a competition for a licensee and chef to win £5,000 each in Hardys food and wine matching competition
Pub chef crowned burger king
15-Aug-2007 By Lucy Britner
A Wiltshire pub chef has won a best burger competition for the second year. Tony Robson-Burrell, chef/licensee of the Wheatsheaf at Oaksey, has won...
Government urged to fast-track chefs into the UK
14-Aug-2007
Skilled kitchen staff should be given the same special treatment as top football stars and fast-tracked into the UK, according to hospitality trade...
Craft Guild of Chefs invites suppliers to put their goods to the test
10-Aug-2007 By Lucy Britner
The Craft Guild of Chefs is inviting pub food suppliers to put their goods to the test and earn the right to use one of its coveted logos. To...
